Graduate Certificate Requirements

A graduate certificate in Veterinary Preventive Medicine requires a minimum of 15 credits distributed across a minimum of 10 credits of core courses and 5 credits of elective courses. As a distance program all courses are taken online. Distance course sections are identified with an XW.

Certificate required core courses (7 credits)

STAT 587 XW

Statistical Methods for Research Workers

4 credits

Fall, Spring & Summer

VDPAM 528 XW

Principles of Epidemiology and Population Health

3 credits

Spring

Remaining 3 core credits can be selected from

VDPAM 527 XW

Applied Statistical Methods in Population Studies

3 credits

Alt. Fall, Odd

VDPAM 529 XW

Epidemiological Methods in Population Research

3 credits

Alt. Fall, Even

VDPAM 570 XW

Risk Assessment for Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

3 credits

Fall

The remaining 5 or more elective credits can be any approved Iowa State University graduate level or dual listed course including, but not limited to, any remaining core courses. With the permission of the Director of Certificate Education, students may also take graduate level courses at another approved institution to fulfill the requirements of the certificate.